Spoken word auditions to be held at CCC Today, Feb. 24, the Cross Cultural Center (CCC) will be holding spoken word auditions for pieces to be performed at an event hosted by the Radical Artistic Decolonization (R.A.D.), a student-initiated space that focuses on fighting oppression through artistic mediums. Their event, “R.A.D. 2016: Resistance through Expression,” […]

A romantic love story, a comedy full of sexual innuendos, a gory horror and a stereotypical action movie — all in one fantastic package From the “skull emoji poop emoji L” billboard and the promo photos of Deadpool holding a gun at his crotch, I knew I would have a lot of good things to […]

The death of Justice Antonin Scalia has left a gaping hole in the Supreme Court bench. Obama has been working tirelessly to come up with a list of replacements for when the Senate is back in session and can vote on a nominee. Here are the President’s top choices: Vanessa Hudgens After her performance as […]

The UC Davis Coffee House: it’s at the helm of our campus’ holy trinity — the CoHo, the Quad and the holy MU. But much like a lost theologian, I’ve always struggled to understand the CoHo’s purpose. Are you supposed to eat there? Are you supposed to study there? Are you supposed to socialize there? […]

Brother, sister continue family running tradition   This year, the Olympic Marathon Trials included Davis brother and sister duo Kaitlin Gregg Goodman and Brendan Gregg. They were among the hundreds of runners competing in the Olympic trials for marathon running on Feb 13. It’s an extremely rare event for a brother and sister to run […]

A fifth-year student’s academic reality We’ve always been told that college will be the best four years of our lives. But what if those four years turned into five, or even six? Fifth-year students, also known as “super seniors,” seem to be increasing in number every year. Students across UC Davis are choosing to extend […]

Students offer free services in the UC Davis Free & For Sale group on Facebook Relaxing with Sensui If ever in need of a massage after a stressful week of midterms, Sensui Tao is the man to visit. From a young age, one of Tao’s older sisters deemed him the family masseuse. Being the sixth […]

Herbert Tiemes speaks at U.S. Bicycling Hall of Fame On Feb. 9, Dutch bicycling expert and famed former traffic planner Herbert Tiemens spoke at the U.S. Bicycling Hall of Fame, where he discussed Davis’ progressive biking culture and how it compares to hallmark biking cities in Europe such as Utrecht, Netherlands.   “I’m not surprised […]

Human development professor’s study with adolescents shows that empathy is more attractive in romantic partners In a recent UC Davis study of early adolescent relationships, youth subjects showed through self-reported surveys that they tend to pursue relationships with members of the opposite sex who are approved of by their peers. In a collaboration with two […]

UC Davis athletics from Feb.15 to 21 Women’s Water Polo (10-5) UC Davis vs. CSU Bakersfield (W, 13-7) UC Davis vs. Brown (W, 12-3) UC Davis vs. Stanford (L, 14-5) Junior utility Bryn Lutz scored four goals in the home opener against CSU Bakersfield. Senior center Allyson Hansen and junior center Carla Tocchini each added […]

14-5 loss to Stanford concludes home tournament for UC Davis An early lead by Stanford left the Aggies off to a rough start as the score was 3-1, and by the end of the first half the Aggies were trailing the Cardinal 7-1. Sophomore center Greta Kohlmoos led the Aggies through the first half, picking […]

In a 90-76 loss to the Highlanders, the Aggies still maintain positive conference record, 8-5 Following Wednesday night’s disappointing loss in Hawai’i, the jet-lagged Aggies dropped another one to the unbeaten UC Riverside Highlanders, losing 90-76 Saturday evening. Despite another spectacular performance from redshirt freshman forward Morgan Bertsch, UC Davis had no answer for the […]